Nonstop Israeli aerial, artillery strikes kill dozens of Gaza civilians

Dozens of innocent civilians, including children and women, were brutally murdered on December 23 evening across the Gaza Strip, as the Israeli genocide campaign persists for the 78th day in a row.

The casualties occurred as air and artillery strikes targeted multiple residential areas across the enclave, according to WAFA.

In the southern region of Gaza, three civilians were killed and others injured in an Israeli airstrike which targeted a house in the Yabani neighbourhood, west of the city of Khan Yunis.

Israeli fighter jets and artillery have been carrying out intense shelling on Khan Yunis since the morning, resulting in the murder and injury of dozens of civilians, local sources told WAFA.

Israeli occupation forces also fired flares northeast of the city amid the ongoing ground offensive in the area.

In central Gaza, the Israeli occupation military carried out a series of airstrikes on multiple areas.

Warplanes targeted a residential block in Deir al-Balah, in central Gaza, resulting in the tragic deaths of at least six civilians and injuries to dozens, with many still trapped under the rubble.

In a preliminary toll, the ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7 has resulted in the tragic loss of 20,258 lives and left around 53,688 wounded, with over 70 per cent of them being women and children.